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Where The Web Is Going

The web is a strange place with many standards and browser vendors that all have to come together to make something useful. This talk looks at what's next for web technologies including ECMAScript 2018, Progressive Web Apps, Web Components, and HTTP/2. It then looks at how these standards come about and which groups set the direction. We'll discuss how the W3C, WHATWG, ECMA TC39, and IETF work together (or don't) to push the Web forward. You'll leave this talk better prepared for the web of tomorrow.

Learning objectives

• (Major) Learn how web standards are created, and why it's so complicated
• (Major) Learn about current and new web standards that can empower your work
• (Minor) Laugh at some of the silly events in web standards history that have shaped where we are today

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Remotely Debugging Web Applications With Vorlon.js

The web is a really big place and your users are accessing your sites from all sorts of browsers and devices. What happens when things go wrong, and you can't reproduce them? This talk will show you how to do remote, client-side debugging on any browser and any device using Vorlon.js. We will also look at how it's implemented, and how you can extend it. The web should just work for anyone on any device. You'll leave this talk better equipped to make that happen.

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Code Reviews: Building Your Team While Improving Your Code

A successful development team is more than just 2+ developers in a room. Your team members have their own skills, experiences and preferences, but are expected to work together as one seamless entity. Code reviews are critical to your team's success. They help you share insight into tricky business logic, cross train your team members to reduce the bus-factor, and train junior developers. In this talk we will look at types of code reviews, tools to consider using, and strategies to help you apply all of it to your unique circumstances. Let's go read some code!

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Why Is My Boss So Dumb?

Managers do dumb things. They ignore common sense advice, make sub-optimal decisions, and can live in a bizarro world that has little to do with the world you're in. Why? This talk, given by a "dumb" manager, will cover the things going on behind the scenes: budgets, motivation, strategic priorities, team dynamics, political capital and more. Understanding how your boss makes decisions will give you the tools to help reach better outcomes.

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ECMAScript 2015 & The Future of JavaScript - Don't Get Left Behind

JavaScript keeps growing up. Modern JS is more than jQuery "click" events and Angular tutorials. To build powerful, maintainable apps, you need more than basic language features. ECMAScript 2015 (ES6) adds concepts like classes, variable scoping, arrow functions, promises and more. ES2016 and the WHATWG and W3C standards groups are adding even more. This talk will cover how to use these new features, and what to do when they aren't suppoted by all browsers yet. You'll leave better equipped to survive in the strange and wonderful world of JavaScript.

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Empowering Your Team With "We"

New team members begin as outsiders and do not feel empowered to do great things. Many teams have a gap between "They" who make decisions, and the people that are affected. Team members don't think "We are doing this".

This talk looks at the gap between "We" and "They" and what you as a leader can do about it. You'll leave this talk able to identify unhealthy team dynamics and with strategies to empower your team with a sense of ownership.

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Mixing Modern CSS Magic Into Legacy Sites

There is a wide variety of modern tooling available to help us build a better web. There are also more legacy sites than greendfield ones; sites that never were built with these tools in mind. How do you get the benefits of things like pre-processors (Less/Sass), post-processors (Autoprefixer) and task runners (Grunt) when working on your existing sites?

Let's take a real site that I support, and explore:

• Adding in a basic build/task runner
• Creating a framework for restructuring our CSS
• Replacing old hacks with CSS3 features
• Using a pre-processor to further refine our styles
• Adding a post-processor so we can forget about vendor prefixes

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using System.Net;
using System.Text;
using System.Web.Script.Serialization;
using Newtonsoft.Json;
using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;

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Let's Learn Responsive Web Design

Interested in the what, why and how of Responsive Web Design (RWD)? This workshop will explore why RWD matters and how to get started. If you work on enterprise apps, this workshop will cover how RWD can add value to your existing world. If you work on smaller apps, you'll gain skills to make your work faster and easier. When you leave this workshop, you won't be the world's greatest designer... sorry! However, you'll have a good basis for improving your applications and user experiences.

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How Long Will It Take? - The Mechanics of Good Estimation

*Note to organizers: This is a 30 minute version covering one part (the "How") of my longer estimation talk. It pairs well with it's "Why" counterpart.

"How long will it take?" ... ... crickets ... Developers hate being asked this because they see it as an impossible question to answer. Unfortunately, the business needs to make decisions and they need data to drive them. In this talk, we'll discuss multiple ways to perform estimates. We'll look at the amount of work it takes to get to various levels of precision, and compare other pros and cons of each method. You'll leave this talk with tools that will make your estimation easier, your life better, and your boss happier.